Red Road (2006)
Country: GB/DK
Technical: col 114m
Director: Andrea Arnold
Cast: Kate Dickie, Tony Curran
Synopsis:
A CCTV operator in mourning for her lost family espies the man she considers responsible for their deaths on one of her monitors. She begins an obsessive and dangerous observation and pursuit of the man, the aim of which is uncertain but which appears close to erotic fascination.
Review:
A difficult watch, and an even harder listen, much of the dialogue unintelligible because of the Glaswegian accents. Many shots have a necessary grubbiness given the milieu of the eponymous estate, and the mise en scène is often uncomfortably close up to the protagonists. The hook of an entire city being cased by cameras positioned on the walls of buildings, and the appropriateness of this dramatic device to the medium, are striking and the technology is well used for this purpose. Jackie learns its limitations, as she cannot see the true motivations of this man until she knows him better, indeed on one telling occasion she misinterprets the evidence of the monitors completely. The fact that her past woes and future intentions are opaque for much of the film places considerable demands on the actress, and it is an outstanding performance, rubbing itself raw before succumbing to healing tears.
Country: GB/DK
Technical: col 114m
Director: Andrea Arnold
Cast: Kate Dickie, Tony Curran
Synopsis:
A CCTV operator in mourning for her lost family espies the man she considers responsible for their deaths on one of her monitors. She begins an obsessive and dangerous observation and pursuit of the man, the aim of which is uncertain but which appears close to erotic fascination.
Review:
A difficult watch, and an even harder listen, much of the dialogue unintelligible because of the Glaswegian accents. Many shots have a necessary grubbiness given the milieu of the eponymous estate, and the mise en scène is often uncomfortably close up to the protagonists. The hook of an entire city being cased by cameras positioned on the walls of buildings, and the appropriateness of this dramatic device to the medium, are striking and the technology is well used for this purpose. Jackie learns its limitations, as she cannot see the true motivations of this man until she knows him better, indeed on one telling occasion she misinterprets the evidence of the monitors completely. The fact that her past woes and future intentions are opaque for much of the film places considerable demands on the actress, and it is an outstanding performance, rubbing itself raw before succumbing to healing tears.
Country: GB/DK
Technical: col 114m
Director: Andrea Arnold
Cast: Kate Dickie, Tony Curran
Synopsis:
A CCTV operator in mourning for her lost family espies the man she considers responsible for their deaths on one of her monitors. She begins an obsessive and dangerous observation and pursuit of the man, the aim of which is uncertain but which appears close to erotic fascination.
Review:
A difficult watch, and an even harder listen, much of the dialogue unintelligible because of the Glaswegian accents. Many shots have a necessary grubbiness given the milieu of the eponymous estate, and the mise en scène is often uncomfortably close up to the protagonists. The hook of an entire city being cased by cameras positioned on the walls of buildings, and the appropriateness of this dramatic device to the medium, are striking and the technology is well used for this purpose. Jackie learns its limitations, as she cannot see the true motivations of this man until she knows him better, indeed on one telling occasion she misinterprets the evidence of the monitors completely. The fact that her past woes and future intentions are opaque for much of the film places considerable demands on the actress, and it is an outstanding performance, rubbing itself raw before succumbing to healing tears.